In Taylorsford, Virginia, during the height of October's leaf-peeping season, library director Amy Webber, and her assistant, Sunny, prepare for the library's yard sale fundraiser--until a dead body stops them in their tracks.

Moving in with her aunt in a quiet, historic town in Virginia, librarian Amy is lured into trouble by her attractive neighbor Richard, who seeks answers to an unsolved murder from the 1920s, but Amy soon uncovers more than she should.

When the president of a reclusive writer's fan club is found dead after a book signing, Charlotte Reed, the owner of Chapters B&B, her neighbor Ellen and Ellen's trusty Yorkshire terrier must page through the clues to catch a killer before the author meets the same fate.

Library director Amy Webber enlists her husband, aunt, the mayor and other eccentric townsfolk to prove the innocence of Zelda Shoemaker in the murder of an unknown woman who was blackmailing her—and who was linked to a long-ago tragedy.